Famous people born on 22 December

• Giacomo PucciniItalian opera composer · 1858–1924
  65 yrs
• Jean RacineFrench dramatist · 1639–1699
  59 yrs
• Srinivasa RamanujanIndian mathematician · 1887–1920
  32 yrs
• GalbaSixth Roman Emperor · 3 BC–AD 69
  70 yrs
• Guru Gobind SinghTenth Sikh guru · 1666–1708
  41 yrs
• Filippo Tommaso MarinettiItalian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement · 1876–1944
  67 yrs
• Lady Bird Johnson ↗First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 · 1912–2007
  94 yrs
• Frank B. Kellogg ↗American politician · 1856–1937
  80 yrs
• Jean-Michel Basquiat ↗American artist · 1960–1988
  27 yrs
• Peggy Ashcroft ↗British actress · 1907–1991
  83 yrs
• Yasuyuki Kuwahara ↗Japanese association football player · 1942–2017
  74 yrs
• Eduard Uspensky ↗Russian writer · 1937–2018
  80 yrs
• Haldan Keffer Hartline ↗American neuroscientist · 1903–1983
  79 yrs
• Robin Gibb ↗British singer · 1949–2012
  62 yrs
• Anne of Denmark ↗Queen consort of James VI of Scots, I of England · 1574–1619
  44 yrs
• pitudo Huerta ↗Mexican military officer and 35th President of Mexico · 1850–1916
  65 yrs
• Borys Liatoshynsky ↗Ukrainian composer, conductor, teacher · 1894–1968
  73 yrs
• Edgard Varèse ↗French composer · 1883–1965
  81 yrs
• Maurice Gibb ↗British musician · 1949–2003
  53 yrs
• Zalman Shazar ↗3rd President of Israel · 1889–1974
  84 yrs
• Vladimir Markovnikov ↗Russian chemist · 1838–1904
  65 yrs
• Carl Friedrich Abel ↗German composer · 1723–1787
  63 yrs
• Marko Vovchok ↗Ukrainian writer · 1833–1907
  73 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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